Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Postcards [lcsh]; New Year's Day cards -- Japan [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2];
Postcard was printed in Tokyo Japan, but was originally a postcard of only flowers. Yoshio Harry Tsuruda most likely painted the calligraphy. Tsuruda family name appears on lower left corner. It appears to be neither mailed nor does it have any...
Japanese Americans -- Education --California [lcsh]; High school students -- Awards [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Mary -- Awards [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2];
Highest merit award earned by Mary Tsukamoto from Elk Grove High School. "Mary Dakuzaku" engraved on front.
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]
Racoon has accounting book in hand that symbolizes business. Kokeshi are traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are painted to give...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]
Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh]
The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses or cattle that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh];
The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the kappa and...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
Boys' Day Festival (Tango-no-Sekku) is observed annually on May 5th to celebrate the healthy growth and development of young boys. On this day, the Japanese take iris-scented baths, sip iris wine, and stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris (is)...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; United States. War Relocation Authority. [lcna]
The workers pass allowed the bearer to leave the internment camp to work at Mess Management from the hours of 4:30am to 8:00pm. Osamu Oseto was originally from Loomis, California and resided at Ward 4, Block 12, #1213-CD while interned at Tule Lake...
United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh];
Osamu Oseto was classified as 4-C by the United States Military. 4-C means alien or dual citizenship. He was originally from Loomis, California and resided at Tule Lake Relocation Center, Ward 4, Block 12, #1213-CD when he received the notice.
